![]() ![]() ![]() Different though they may be, they’re all drinking the same thing. It’s a not-quite-busy Wednesday happy hour at Bob & Barbara’s (1509 South St.), and the dozen or so drinkers bellying up to the red leather cushion encasing the famous bar are the definition of diversity-young and old, black and white, men and women. Email me at and we’ll keep the dialogue going. If you’ve heard the story a different way, please feel free to let us know. got there at the end/beginning of the decade. But it wasn’t a Special until Rick D., and Rick D. No doubt B&B’s served shots of Beam and cans of Pabst in the ’90s, and no doubt our readers remember having one or 15 on a given night way back when. started the Special-and we all agree he did-then he couldn’t have started it at Bob & Barbara’s in ’95 or earlier. We re-ran the interview in ‘07 in memoriam. himself told PW as much when we interviewed him about his storied career in 2002. was hired at B&Bs in late ’99/early 2000. The sources I spoke with and trust say Rick D. Some of the comments mention having a Special in the early-to-mid ’90s. What seems to be at issue here is the year. City Paper credited it to him in their obit in 2007, and everyone with even a passing knowledge of the Special connects the Rick D. invented the special doesn’t seem to be in dispute by anyone. But here’s what I do know: I spoke with several different people for this story, three of whom are quoted, all with lots of knowledge about the Special, its beginnings, and its source, Rick D. And far be it from me to tell them they don’t. Editor’s note: We knew when we scheduled this story that it was the type people would feel passionately about because they felt they already knew it. ![]()
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